Sergeant Kelly's Elephant

by Terry Carson

Overview

After surviving an assassination attempt in Sydney, HRH Prince Alfred, accompanied by his pet baby elephant, Tom, arrives in colonial New Zealand in 1870. The authorities are on high alert as there are Fenian troubles in the goldfields. Aging Armed Constabulary Sergeant Patrick Kelly, who is out of favour with his superiors, is told his job is to protect the baby elephant. But when the Fenians come calling Kelly finds he is in the thick of the action, and there is a target on his back too. The Fenians will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. Can Kelly protect the prince, save his own life, and then hunt down the would-be assassins, including the beautiful and mysterious American woman – the most dangerous woman he has ever met? What part does Tom have to play. Is it true that an elephant never forgets?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940180439147
Publisher:	Alibi Press
Publication date:	07/20/2024
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	329 KB

About the Author

Terry Carson is a full-time writer and small publisher who lives in New Zealand. He spent most of his working life as a lawyer until he decided that there had to be a better life outside of the profession. So many of his former colleagues asked him how he managed to escape his former hectic and stressful legal life that he decided he had better write a book about how to do it. Terry has also written non-fiction books about the Family Court, old historic Courthouses, and New Zealand's most sensational early murder trial. His keen interest in his country's early colonial history has led to his first crime novel, An Unjust Death, which combines themes of early New Zealand colonial history and the law.